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J. W. FISHER.

GATE. No. 445,052. Patented Jan. 20, 1891.

IN VENTOR ATTORNEYS llivrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES V. FISHER, OF PALOUSE, VASl-IINGTON. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOELBERT \V. JONES AND ERNEST A. JONES, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,052, dated January20, 1891.

Application filed April 25, 1890.

To ctZZ whom it may cancer/1.:

Be it known that 1, JAMES W. FISHER, of Palouse, in the county ofWhitman and State of \Vashington, have invented a new and Improved Gate,of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in gates, and has for its objectto provide a means whereby the gate may be conveniently m andexpeditiously elevated when occasion may demand to swing inward andoutward over any obstruction--such as a snow-drift, for instance, and afurther object is to provide a simple, durable, and effectivespring-latch.

1;. The invention consists in the novel c011- struction and combinationof the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, andpointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying 2o drawings, forming apart ofthis specification,

in which similar letters and figures of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the views.

Figure l is an elevation. of one side of the gate. Fig. 2 is a similarview of the opposite side, and Fig. 3 is afront view of a portion of theelevating mechanism of the gate.

The rear stile A of the gate is composite, and consists of two parallelbars 10 and 11,

one of said bars being adapted to slide upon the other. The bar ll isthe swing-bar of the gate and is of much greater length than the otherbar 10, and the two bars are held in contact by means of straps l2,rigidly attach ed to the inner shorter bar 10 of the rear stile, thesaid inner bar being attached rigidly to the body 13 of the gate. Thestraps 12 are projected from the bar 10 laterally across and beyond theswing-bar 11, and between the 0 outer ends of the straps afriction-roller 13 is pivoted, adapted for engagement with the outerface of the swing-bar. Two straps are ordinarily employed, each providedwith a friction-roller, one being located, preferably,

slightly above the top of the gate and the other below the bottomthereof, as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. A recess is made in theinner face of the swing-bar ll of the composite rear stile, and in saidrecess a toothed bar or rack 14 is rigidly secured. The inner Serial No.349,477. (No model.)

bar 10 of the composite stile is preferably made in two sections (L anda, as shown in Fig.

3, the said sections being connected in such manner that a space aintervenes between their opposed ends, such connection being effected byvertical side cleats 15. In the said side cleatsa spindle 16 isjournaled, and upon said spindle apinion 17 is rigidly secured, the saidpinion being located within the space a,

as is also best illustrated in Fig. 3. This pinion is engaged by thefree end of a pawl 18, which pawl is pivoted at its other end to one ofthe uprights of the gate-body. The pinion 1'7 meshes with the teeth ofthe rack 14, and one end of the spindle 16 is made to project,preferably, beyond the inner eleat 15. The projecting end of the spindlenear its bearing is squared or made rectangular in cross-section, asillustrated at 19 in Fig. 3, and the extremity of the projecting end isformed with a head or button 20. That portion of the spindle between thebutton and the squared surface 19 is reduced or cylindrical incross-section. A crank 21 is used in connection with the spindle torevolvethe same, which crank when it is employed to operate the spindleis carried in engagement with the squared or rectangular portion 19thereof, and when not in use is slid over the reduced or cylindricalportion of the spindle 8o intervening between the head and the squaredsection, in order that if the crank is turned when in this position thespindle shall not be affected thereby.

The swing-bar 11 of the composite stile is hinged near its top andbottom in any approved manner to any suitable form of post or standardand the latch end of the gate is preferably made to contact withstop-pins 23, attached to another post or standard 2i, the said post orstandard having prodncedin its inner face a longitudinal slot 25.

The body of toe gate is usually made up of a series of horizontal slats26, connected by vertical slats 2'7, and at the latch end of the gate,preferably between two central horizontal slats, a latch 28 is held toslide, the outer end of which latch is adapted to enter the recess 25 inthe post 24, which recess serves as a keeper for the latch. The latchIoc is limited in itsonter movement by the engagemeiit of a pin '29,attached thereto, with the front vertical slat, and at or near thecenter of the latch a second pin 30 is located, while against the rearface of said pin one end of a spring 31 is made to bear, the other endof the spring being rigidly secured to one of the horizontal slat-s ofthe gate-bod y. This spring causes the outer end of the latch normallyto extend beyond thefront of the gate, and the pin 30 serves as a knob,whereby the latch may be drawn back to open or close the gate, and whenthe gate is closed and the knob released the spring, acting, forces thelatch into its keeper.

It is evident from the foregoingdescription otjconstruction. that thegate is enabled swing in the ordinary manner.

In the drawings the pins 23 are represented ass'topping the gate fromswinging outward;

but the pins may be dispensed with and the gate allowed to swing ineither direction.

In the event that any obstacle-such as,

(Held and causing the pinion 1-7 to engage with the rack 14. Theswing-bar remains at all times attached to the post 20, and the body ofthe gate is free to slide upward upon it. hen the gate has been elevateda sufiicient distance, the pawl 18 is caused to engage with the pinionand the grate may be opened or closed readily and at will.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with the vertical hinged bar 11,having a rack 16 on its inner face, of the vertically-sliding gatehaving a vertical bar .10 at its inner end provided with straps 12,embracing the bar 11, and provided with rollers 13, traveling on theface of the said bar opposite its rack, a transverse shaft 16, journaledin bar and provided with an operating handle and gear 17, meshing intothe rack-teeth, and a pawl mounted on the gate and engaging said gear,substantially as set forth.

JAMES W. FISHER.

\Vitn esses:

JOHN MAUPIN, J. PICKRELL,

